Astounding 1944 Set (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Street & Smith 1944. Book condition: F - Fine. A collection of THREE issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including issues from February, April & June 1944 in fine to very fine condition, with some taped spines - an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines. Featuring 'The Storm' by A. E. Van Vogt, 'Symbiotica' by Eric Frank Russell, 'Paradox Lost' by Frederic Brown, ''Willie' by Frank Belknap Long, 'Recoil' by George O. Smith, 'Gallegher Plus' by Lewis Padgett, 'Though Dreamers Die' by Lester Del Rey, 'Taboo' by Fritz Leiber Jnr, 'Death Sentence' by Isaac Asimov and many more. Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field. A British edition published by Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company ran from August 1939 until August 1963, initially in pulp format, switching to digest from November 1953. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. 64 pages. Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 235mm). (0.4 AST19441).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Street & Smith 1944. Book condition: F - Fine. A collection of THREE issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, including issues from August, October & December 1944 in fine to very fine condition, with some taped spines - an expected level of wear and tear for these beautiful vintage magazines. Featuring 'Latent Image' by Wesley Long, 'Cuckoo' by P. Schuyler Miller, 'City' by Clifford D. Simak, 'The Yehudi Principle' and 'Arena' by Frederic Brown, 'Trog' by Murray Leinster, 'Trojan Fall' by Hal Clement, 'Endowment Policy' by Lewis Padgett, 'Business Of Killing' by Fritz Leiber Jnr and many more. Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the magazine was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field. A British edition published by Atlas Publishing and Distributing Company ran from August 1939 until August 1963, initially in pulp format, switching to digest from November 1953. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Condition: Fine/Very Fine. 64 pages. Size: 7" x 9" (170mm x 235mm). (0.4 AST19442).